SST's verses the Interbond
 

Hornady now offers both the SST and Interbond bullets. A co-worker and I were talking about them, and upon looking in hornady's reloading manual, discovered the ballistic co-efficiants and S.D's are identical. The only noticable difference is a canulure pressed into the jackets from one to another. Now call me a conspiracy theorist here, I was contamplating the fact that maybe the two bullets are really one in the same. They say the pour molten lead into the jackets, thus making a bonded bullet. If I recall, most manufacturers don't swage bullets, (?) and my thoughts that most bullets were poured into the jackets. We want to know if anyone has shot these two bullets, in equal calibers and weights and saw first hand which of the two actually held up better. His argument was that a major mfr won't do that for rear of someone doing such a test. Mine was they are priced very close, and a major mfr can not, and will not offer two bullets this similar and outright say one is better than the other. One fellow argued that the bonded bullet was built like the accubond, having the hour-glass figure inside. I ruled this out simply because the ballistic co-efficiant will be different, or the bullets will not be the same weight. (Less lead, more copper) If you have performed such a test in real world hunting situations, let us know. Did the bonded bullets really perform that much better? How many of you use either bulet and what are your best and worst experiance with them. I will post this on a couple different threads for best results. Thank you.

RE: SST's verses the Interbond
 

The terminal performance of these bullets aren't even close.I did alot of testing with both of them last year in a .308 and 300 wsm.The heavier sst's work very well on deer but they are very fragile.The interbonds work exactly as adverised.They expand and hold together very well while the sst's are fairly explosive.